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Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican begins push-back against ex-ambassador over Davis

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

This file photo taken just after the liberation by the Soviet army in January 1945 shows a group of children wearing concentration camp uniforms behind barbed wire fencing in the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) Nazi concentration camp. A 94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp is going on trial Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder, the first of up to four cases being brought to court this year in an 11th-hour push by German prosecutors to punish Nazi war crimes. (AP Photo)

Pope Francis to meet Holocaust survivors during Auschwitz visit

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis asks forgiveness for unnamed scandals in the Church

By Ann Schneible - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis talks to journalists during a press conference he held while en route to Italy, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Pope Francis returned to the Vatican Monday at the end of a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States. (Tony Gentile/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Vatican: Pope Francis met with Yayo Grassi, a gay student, and his partner

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

In this file photo released on Monday, May 11, 2015, Pope Francis meets Cuban President Raul Castro during a private audience at the Vatican, Sunday, May 10, 2015. Cuban President Raul Castro has been welcomed at the Vatican by Pope Francis, who played a key role in the breakthrough between Washington and Havana aimed at restoring U.S.-Cuban diplomatic ties. (Gregorio Borgia, File Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis will likely meet Fidel Castro during Cuba visit

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis delivers a blessing from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the Angelus noon prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope to give 4 US speeches in English, rest in Spanish

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press